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<p>Medicine Hat Tigers forward Gavin McKenna has set the record for the most points by a Canadian at the Under-18 Men’s World Championship.</p>



<p>McKenna notched his 16th point of the tournament, scoring a goal in<a href="https://twitter.com/HockeyCanada/status/1786781069519249457"> Connor McDavid-esque fashion</a>. McKenna has tallied seven goals and nine assists.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 Gavin McKenna sets the Canadian record 🚨<br><br>With his 16th point of the tournament, Gavin McKenna has set the record for most points by a Canadian at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/U18MensWorlds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#U18MensWorlds</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/tigershockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tigershockey</a> | 2026 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHLDraft</a> <a href="https://t.co/IZsbF9m4VU">pic.twitter.com/IZsbF9m4VU</a></p>— The WHL (@TheWHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWHL/status/1786779066692997435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>The Whitehorse, Yukon product ranks second among tournament leaders, trailing USA’s James Hagens, who <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/james-hagens-passes-nikita-kucherov-to-break-u-18-world-championship-scoring-record">broke Nikita Kucherov’s point record </a>earlier today.</p>



<p>The goal made it 2-0 Canada over Sweden, who Canada is looking to beat for the second time in the tournament after taking the 6-3 win last week.</p>



<p>Connor Bedard had the previous record of 21 points in 2021 and 2022. McKenna is also tied for first in Canadian single-tournament scoring, knotting it up with linemate Porter Martone.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="159"></div>



<p>McKenna now sits one point back of Cody Hodgson to tie the all-time assist record of 10. He now ties Connor Bedard and Matthew Wood for third all-time with seven goals in a u18 tournament.</p>



<p>Connor Bedard’s 100-point season in the WHL during the 2021-22 campaign is the gold standard among 16-year-olds. McKenna notched 34 goals and 63 assists for 97 points in just one fewer game during the 2023-24 regular season.</p>



<p>What makes this all even crazier is the fact that McKenna isn’t draft-eligible until 2026, meaning he has two more seasons to tear up the WHL and international tournaments. McKenna will now look to make Canada’s under-20 World Junior roster this winter.</p>



<p>The championship game of the U-18 World Championship will commence at 11:00 AM ET on Sunday, with USA advancing with a 7-2 win over USA earlier in the day.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="143"></div>


Gavin McKenna (Steven Ellis/Daily Faceoff)